Wales which does not mention this portable handbell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference

‘So you turned the lantern and rang the handbell?’.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Bones Will Keep]

He rang the handbell vigorously while he counted to twelve.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Place Called Freedom]

Brock picked up the handbell on the table and rang it vehemently.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tai-Pan]

They were interrupted by the sound of a handbell being rung loudly.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Place Called Freedom]

Johnny rang the bell — not the little handbell, but the other bell.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Small House at Allington] Reference

A few years ago, my handbell group did a concert in northern Michigan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunday Scribblings-Collector] Reference

Kielt rings the handbell on the table, turning as another lancer appears.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magi'i Of Cyador]

Cerryl looked around, then finally located the handbell on the side table.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colors of Chaos]

(For example, I love to hear Carol of the Bells played by a handbell choir).    From Wordnik.com.  [Sing We Now of Christmas. « Michael in Nashville] Reference

Tillman weakly lifted the handbell that was on the rancid coverlet and rang it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tai-Pan]

It seemed so, too, for Laura jangled the handbell and turned the lantern in vain.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Bones Will Keep]

Finally, the marshal set down the knife next to a silver handbell, and looked up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spirit Gate] Reference

In Toronto, she saw a handbell demonstration (I'm sorry, what?) and a horse race.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goodbye Queen, and good luck] Reference

The man turns and hurries into the darkness, ringing the handbell that he carries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darksong Rising]

Qwilleran rushed to the foyer and found the antique brass handbell on the stone floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cat Who Sang For The Birds]

And as the preceding Semiquaver rang a handbell, this shaked the sprinkle with his fist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference

And without waiting for a reply he seized a small handbell that lay beside him and rang it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orrain A Romance] Reference

The envoy waited until the clerk scrawled the results and rang a handbell at her left hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spirit Gate] Reference

"Then you are a fool, " she said and reached out for the small handbell on the wicker table.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Prey]

Westcort placed a brass handbell on the table, equidistant from either, but on Anya's right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colors of Chaos]

The small silver handbell fell out of his hand and struck the floor with a sharp chime. nine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conqueror's Moon]

A handbell rings, and Liataphi's voice rises above the conversations taking place around the foyer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scion of Cyador]

A straw hat, decorated with a white ribbon, sat with a discarded newspaper, a handbell and a work basket on a small wicker table.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Prey]

Guests are the handbell choir the Bells of St. Barnabas.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chronicle] Reference

Six of her solo handbell arrangements have been published.    From Wordnik.com.  [Columnist: Keith Groller] Reference

Sue Garton, a nationally-known handbell soloist from Western.    From Wordnik.com.  [Columnist: Keith Groller] Reference

And taking a luxurious pull at his cigar, he rang the handbell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Tales] Reference

She rang a handbell that stood on the table, and a waiter ran up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frivolous Cupid] Reference

College of the Ozarks handbell choir to hold Christmas concert Dec. 1.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The community handbell ringers ensemble Bells of Fire seeks volunteers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Norwich Bulletin Home RSS] Reference

On the little table by her bed was a handbell, which presently she rang.    From Wordnik.com.  [Benita, an African romance] Reference

Whereupon Johnny rang the bell -- not the little handbell, but the other bell.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Small House at Allington] Reference

Ballycroghan Swords, dating from 500 BC and a ninth century handbell found near Bangor.    From Wordnik.com.  [ireland.com Breaking News] Reference

States, Naples, Elba, and Sicily; and in Malta; yet never knew I one without the handbell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference

For something different, check out nationally-known handbell soloist Sue Garton of Slippery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Columnist: Keith Groller] Reference

Any one listening for it can detect the upper octave, or "nominal," even in a little handbell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Here, There and Everywhere] Reference